Is this based on a movie or a book like what is it supposed to be based on?
Yes because Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense which actually inspired the Declaration of independence . Thomas Jefferson used it as a template when he wrote the Declaration of Independence, distilling many of Paine's ideas -- the natural dignity of humanity, the right to self determination.
For economy more Americans lived in the cities than on farms. The nation’s total wealth more than doubled and economic growth put Americans into new consumer society. As far as culture...the 1920’s were roaring and cultural women became more sexually free. The 19th Amendment allowed women to vote.And millions of women worked on white collar jobs.